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DESCRIPTION:It was called "Disney's Folly." Who on earth would want to sit 
 still for 90 minutes to watch an animated cartoon? And why pick a well-worn
  Grimm's Fairy Tale that every schoolkid knows? But Walt Disney seemed to t
 hrive on projects which a lesser man might have written off as "stupid" or 
 "impossible". Investing three years\, $1\,500\,000\, and the combined talen
 ts of 570 artists into Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs\, Disney produced a 
 film that was not only acknowledged a classic from the outset\, but also ea
 rned 8\,500\,000 depression-era dollars in gross rentals. Bypassing early t
 emptations to transform the heroine Snow White into a plump Betty Boop type
  or a woebegone ZaSu Pitts lookalike\, the Disney staffers wisely made radi
 cal differentiations between the "straight" and "funny" characters in the s
 tory. Thus\, Snow White and Prince Charming moved and were drawn realistica
 lly\, while the Seven Dwarfs were rendered in the rounded\, caricatured man
 ner of Disney's short-subject characters. In this way\, the serious element
 s of the story could be propelled forward in a believable enough manner to 
 grab the adult viewers\, while the dwarfs provided enough comic and musical
  hijinks to keep the kids happy. It is a tribute to the genius of the Disne
 y formula that the dramatic and comic elements were strong enough to please
  both demographic groups. Like any showman\, Disney knew the value of genui
 ne horror in maintaining audience interest: accordingly\, the Wicked Queen\
 , whose jealousy of Snow White's beauty motivates the story\, is a thorough
 ly fearsome creature even before she transforms herself into an ancient cro
 ne. Best of all\, Snow White clicks in the three areas in which Disney had 
 always proven superiority over his rivals: Solid story values (any sequence
  that threatened to slow down the plotline was ruthlessly jettisoned\, no m
 atter how much time and money had been spent)\, vivid etched characterizati
 ons (it would have been easier to have all the Dwarfs walk\, talk and act a
 like: thank heaven that Disney never opted for "easy")\, and instantly memo
 rable songs (Frank Churchill\, Leigh Harline\, Paul J. Smith and the entire
  studio music department was Oscar-nominated for such standards-to-be as "W
 histle While You Work" and "Some Day My Prince Will Come"). ~ Hal Erickson\
 , All Movie Guide
SUMMARY:Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - DVD
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